VIESSMANN FIS World Cup Cross-Country in Val di Fiemme (Italy), Men 30 km Free Mass Start, 14.01.2006 Angerer won the Mass Start race Tobias Angerer was the fastest racer of the 30 km freestyle Mass Start race in Val di Fiemme. The German skier finished in a tight race 0,3 seconds ahead of 22-years-old Evgenji Dementiev from Russia. The home favourite Pietro Piller Cottrer (Italy) finished the race as the third just 0,6 seconds behind...
In a departure from the usual hierarchy in World Cup sprints, two Russians out-sped the rest of the women's field in today's freestyle sprint in Nove Mesto. Alena Sidko and Natalia Matveeva covered the course in 2:47 and 2:49 respectively, while the impressively consistent Claudia Kuenzel of Germany finished third. www.fis-ski.com 1 7 1367021 SIDKO Alena 1979 RUS 2:47.00 0.00 2 13 3485202 MATVEEVA Natalia 1986 RUS 2:49.55 18.32 3 14 1220648 KUENZEL Claudia 1978...
The World Cup continues with races in Val di Fiemme this weekend and the Canadian team will race the relays. The Canadian Olympic team left for Europe on Monday and the women will race the 4 x 5 kilometer and the men the 4 x 10 kilometer World Cup relays in Val di Fiemme on Sunday January 15. Sara Renner traveled over in late December and will race the individual 15-k mass-start skate race on...
OTEPAEAE, Estonia (Jan. 8) – Swedes Bjoern Lind and Lina Andersson each won classic technique World Cup sprints Sunday. Andy Newell (Shaftsbury, VT) was 27th in the men's 1.5K test. Lind edged 2002 Olympic and 2001 Worlds champion Tor Arne Hetland of Norway with Russian Vassili Rotchev third and Norwegian Jens Arne Svartedal fourth. Newell qualified 21st but went out in the quarterfinals. Torin Koos (Leavenworth, WA) was a near-miss to race finals, finishing 32nd...
Quick report from the US sprint team before Sunday’s classic World Cup sprint in Otepaa, Estonia. The World Cup continues on Sunday with Classic sprint. US Skiers Torin Koos and Andy Newell will be racing and we were able to get a few comments from US coach Trond Nystad on Saturday. Trond: – We are in Otepaa and are getting ready to race tomorrow. The boys are in great shape and are healthy so it...
First World Cup victory for Pedersen, oldest female winner ever in FIS World Cup Cross-Country Hilde G. Pedersen (Norway) is the winner of the classic World Cup race over 10 km in Otepää (EST). The home favourite Kristina Smigun placed second just 0,2 seconds behind Pedersen, thereby missing her first home course victory extremely narrowly. 22-year-old Justyna Kowalczyk from Poland ranked third 19,1 seconds behind the winner. It is her first podium place in the...
After four weeks of absence, Marit Bjoergen of Norway will return to the “VIESSMANN†FIS World Cup Cross-Country this weekend in Otepää (EST). The current World Cup leader will participate in both competitions and will try to repeat her victory from last year in the 10 km classic race. 17 nations will be taking part in the World Cup competitions in the small Southern Estonian town of Otepää, known for its enthusiastic crowds and great...
VIESSMANN FIS World Cup Cross-Country in Nove Mesto na Morave (Czech Republic), Women 10 km Free Individual, 31.12.2005 Home victory for Neumannova (Czech Republic) Katerina Neumannova is the winner of the free style Cross-Country World Cup at the Golden Ski Race in Nove Mesto na Morave. The skier from the Czech Republic finished the 2 x 5 km course 26,2 seconds ahead of Julija Tchepalova from Russia. Valentina Shevchenko (Ukraine) took the third place 37,8...
VIESSMANN FIS World Cup Cross-Country in Nove Mesto na Morave (Czech Republic), Men 15 km Free style Individual, 31.12.2005 First victory in this season for Vittoz Vincent Vittoz is the winner of the free style World Cup Competition Cross-Country in Nove Mesto na Morave. It was the first World Cup victory in this season for the 30-year-old Vittoz. The athlete from France finished the tough 3 x 5 km course just 8,5 seconds ahead of...
FIS VIESSMANN World Cup Cross-Country in Nove Mesto na Morave (Czech Republic), Sprint , 30.12.2005 Lind and Sidko won in Nove Mesto Bjoern Lind (Sweden) and the 26-year old Alena Sidko (Russia) are the winners of the free style World Cup Sprint in Nove Mesto na Morave . For both it was the first World Cup victory. Alena Sidko finished the 1200 meter course shortly ahead of Anna Dahlberg from Sweden. The third place took...
Things on the World Cup aren't like they used to be. Gone are the days when one could almost count on Bjorn Daehlie or Vladimir Smirnov (or Gunde Svan or Bill Koch) placing top three in just about every race. Whether it's the new head-to-head race formats, increased competition from many nations, or some other factor(s), today's World Cup results are getting more and more impossible to predict with even remote accuracy. Vincent Vittoz V2's...
Czech racer Katerina Neummanova thrilled the home crowd in Nove Mesto today, blowing away 2nd place finisher Julija Tchepalova (Russia) by 26.2 seconds in the 10km freestyle race. With World Cup overall leader Marit Bjorgen skipping the race to focus on training for the upcoming Olympics in Torino, Tchepalova closed to within 30 points of the overall lead. Kristin Stoermer Steira. Today's results also show that some familiar names are finding their way back near...
Today is a breakthrough day for US Ski Team member Andrew Newell, who put up the third-fastest time in the qualification round of the Nove Mesto freestyle World Cup Sprint. Swede Bjoern Lind continued his strong season with the fastest qualifying time, ahead of the young Norwegian rocket Johan Kjoelstad. www.fis-ski.com 1 23 1370707 LIND Bjoern 1978 SWE 2:24.32 0.00 2 25 3420131 KJOELSTAD Johan 1983 NOR 2:25.94 13.47 3 26 3530005 NEWELL Andrew 1983...
In today's freestyle sprint in Nove Mesto, Sweden placed three skiers in the men's A-Final with Bjoern Lind finishing just 0.1 seconds ahead of teammate Peter Larsson. The young Norwegian Johan Kjoelstad, who had his first World Cup victory last year in this same race, took a distant (+22.2) third today after dealing with some roughness from Mikael Oestberg who finished fourth. US Ski Team sprint specialist Andrew Newell was eliminated in his 6-person quarterfinal...
After surprising everyone by winning the qualification round earlier in the day, Russian rocket Alena Sidko held on to advance through the quarterfinals and semis. In the women's A-Final, Sidko kept ahead of favored heavyweights Anna Dahlberg of Sweden and Claudia Kuenzel of Germany. www.fis-ski.com 1 1 1367021 SIDKO Alena 1979 RUS 2 4 1237817 DAHLBERG Anna 1976 SWE 3 3 1220648 KUENZEL Claudia 1978 GER 4 2 3485202 MATVEEVA Natalia 1986 RUS 5 8...
Source: Skidport.com The Swedish national team has struggled at the beginning of the season, but the 30-kilometer classic in Canmore last week gave signals that something is about to change. Mathias Fredriksson was one of the most active skiers in the front of the lead pack.
Our present to you – lots (and I mean lots) of pictures from the World Cup races in Canmore! Here is an outstanding collection from Jon Nelson of Thunder Bay. Also see the photos by Frederic Brunet in today's other article.
A collection of photos from the Canmore World Cup races by Frederic Brunet, from Quebec City.
Source: Skidsport.com The Swedish team started to show signals that better results are “on the way†during the Canadian World Cup races. The upcoming World Cup races in Nove Mesto include freestyle sprint races on December 30th and a 10/15-kilometer freestyle on the 31st. Most of Sweden’s national team skiers will be racing with the exception of Anders Sodergren. He is choosing to stay home and train until the Otepaa World Cup races on January...
Source: Langrenn.com – A number of people that commented on Langrenn.com’s discussion forum after the Canadian World Cup races felt that Norwegian skiers didn’t respond well to the German strategy. One person commented that the German national team coach Jochen Behle constantly talks about the German team’s strategy on German television. Norwegian national team coach Krister Sorgaard disagrees that it was strategy that prevented Norwegian victory in the 30-k mass-start in Canmore. Sorgaard: — No,...